Auxiliary handle for forks.



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HENRY C. LANGLOIS, OF THUNDER BUTTE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

AUXILIARY HANDLE FOR FORKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Application filed January 4, 1910. Serial No. 536,276.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. LANGLOIS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Thunder Butte, in the county of Schnasse and Stateof South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in AuxiliaryHandles for Forks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to auxiliary handles for pitch forks, and one ofthe principal objects of the same is to provide a pivoted handle andmeans for readily connecting said handle to the ordinary handle of apitch fork to provide a more convenient means of operating the fork.

Another object of the invention is to provide an auxiliary handle for apitch fork which can be readily connected to the rigid handle of thefork at any desired distance upon the handle of the fork and which willfacilitate the operation of the fork in carrying hay or in pitching thesame.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pitch fork having a handle made inaccordance with my invention connected thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlargedview in elevation of my detachable handle. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe same.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a pitch fork and 2the ordinary handle thereof. My auxiliary handle comprises a pair ofcurved clamp members 3 pivotally mounted at 4 within a block 5 havingextended feet 6, said feet being curved, as at 7, upon their undersidesto bear upon the curved surface of the fork handle 2. The curved clampmembers 3 are provided with an adjusting bolt 8 which passes through theenlarged lugs 9 and is provided with a nut 10 by means of which theclampv members 8 may be adjusted quickly to secure the auxiliary handleto the pitch fork handle. Pivotally mounted upon a removable bolt 11extending through the block 5 are the auxiliary handle members 12, saidbolt 11 being provided with a nut 13 which can be readily removed fordetaching the handle members 12. A bolt 14 extends through the handlemembers near their outer ends and is provided with a nut 15. A woodenhand hold 16 is disposed between the handle members 12, and the bolt 14extends through said hand hold, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the auxiliary handle can bequickly connected to the handle of a pitch fork, shovel, spade orsimilar tool, and when the nut 8 is turned. up against the lugs 9 of theclamp members, the auxiliary handle is firmly held at the requiredposition to permit the fork or other implement to be used with facility.The handle members 12 being pivoted to the block 5 permit an easy actionof the fork.

My invention is of simple construction, can be produced at low cost, canbe quickly attached to any implement of the character referred to andcan be readily adjusted on the rigid handle of the implement.

I claim A detachable auxiliary handle comprising a block having aconcave under surface and provided with a transverse recess extendingupwardly from the concave surface and intermediate the ends thereof andalso provided with a passage parallel with the recess and located abovethe same, oppositely-disposed clamping members having their upper endsof such width as to extend into the recess of the block, pivots passinghorizontally through the block and upper ends of the said members toconnect the-latter with the block, said pivots being disposedtransversely to the recess in the block, means for drawing the lowerends of the members together for clamping the same on a handle, a griphandle disposed above the block, members secured to the grip handle andhaving their lower ends disposed at opposite sides of the block, and abolt extending through the passage of the block and through the lowerends of the members of the grip handle for pivotally connecting thelatter to the block.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY O. LANGLOIS.

Witnesses ROMA EASLEY HARRELL, EDWARD GRIFFITH. J

